Episode 122: Jerri Williams – New Era Ponzi Scheme, Greedy Givers

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Podcast host and retired agent Jerri Williams reviews the Foundation of New Era Philanthropy investigation, a $350 million Ponzi scheme perpetrated against unsuspecting nonprofit organizations, high profiled philanthropists, and beneficiary donors, which resulted in a 12-year prison sentence and multiple forfeitures. The case was featured on the CNBC show, American Greed. Jerri's crime novel, Greedy Givers, was inspired by the Foundation of New Era Philanthropy investigation discussed in this episode.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 122 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:10.0	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime
0:14.3	FBI cases. Today we get to speak to retired agent Jerry Williams who served in
0:21.4	the FBI for 26 years.
0:24.0	During most of her Bureau career,
0:26.0	she worked major economic fraud investigations,
0:29.5	targeting financial crimes, and corruption.
0:33.2	In this episode, Jerry Williams reviews the foundation of new era philanthropy investigation.
0:40.7	A 350 million dollar Ponzi scheme perpetrated against unsuspecting nonprofit organizations,
0:49.7	high profile philanthropist, and beneficiary donors, which resulted in a 12-year prison
0:57.3	sentence and multiple forfeitures. The case and Jerry Williams were featured on the
1:04.4	c. NBC show American Greed.
1:07.9	The episode was titled Confessions of a Khan Man. Jerry Williams received a United States Attorney Award for
1:16.9	Distinguished Service for her work on the new era philanthropy case as well as two other United States Attorney Awards one for an
1:26.4	international advanced fee case and the other for a business-to-business telemarketing fraud investigation.
1:34.7	Towards the end of her FBI career, Jerry Williams was appointed as a
1:39.5	spokesperson for the Philadelphia Division of the FBI taking on the responsibility of
1:45.0	educating and informing the media and the public about the Bureau post-FBI
1:50.4	retirement Jerry Williams served as the spokesperson and director of
1:54.8	media relations for SEPTA, Philadelphia's public transportation provider.
2:00.1	Both positions often placed her in the spotlight in front of local and national news media.
2:07.0	Jerry Williams is the author of two crime novels.
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